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Sociolinguistics from the Periphery "presents a fascinating book about change: shifting political, economic and cultural conditions; ephemeral, sometimes even seasonal, multilingualism; and altered imaginaries for minority and indigenous languages and their users."

The following books are now available for review on the LINGUIST List.There is a new system on how to request books to review. This system includes several steps in order to allow for a good selection of reviewers. If you would like to become a reviewer for one of the books announced in the AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW posting for the current month, you will need to follow steps 1-6 explained below:

Step 1: Go to the LINGUIST Reviews pagehttp://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/ and click on the "Review a Book" link.

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Step 3: Click on the Reviews link and then the Request a Book to Review link

Step 4: Update personal information and add reviewer specific information on why you would be a good reviewer for the books you select.

Step 5: Select books you want to review from the month's AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW list.

Step 6: Confirm book selection.

Once you confirm your book selection, you will receive an email with the list of books that you submitted. You will be able to log in again to make modifications on your selection between the 1st and the 20th of each month. On the 21st of each month, the list of books will no longer be available to make requests.Note: The reviews team will no longer receive email requests to review books.

From the 21st to the end of each month, the reviews team will be making the selection of reviewers. By the end of the month you will be notified by email if you have been selected as a reviewer for a book you selected or not.

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************************************************************ THESE BOOKS WERE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. THEY ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW.

AUTHOR(S): Momma, Haruko; Matto, Michael TITLE: A Companion to the History of the English LanguageSERIES: Blackwell Companions to Literature and CultureYEAR: 2011PUBLISHER: Wiley-BlackwellANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-34.html

TRANSLATOR(S): Wheeler, Max W.TITLE: Curial and GuelfaSUBTITLE: A classic of the Crown of Aragon. Translated into English by Max W. WheelerSERIES: IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 2YEAR: 2011PUBLISHER: John BenjaminsANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-226.html

EDITOR(S): Low, Ee-Ling; Hashim, AzirahTITLE: English in Southeast AsiaSUBTITLE: Features, policy and language in useSERIES: Varieties of English Around the World G42YEAR: 2012PUBLISHER: John BenjaminsANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-553.html

EDITOR(S): Orfali, BilalTITLE: In the Shadow of Arabic: The Centrality of Language to Arabic CultureSUBTITLE: Studies Presented to Ramzi Baalbaki on the Occasion of His Sixtieth BirthdaySERIES: Studies in Semitic Languages and LinguisticsYEAR: 2011PUBLISHER: BrillANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-527.html

AUTHOR(S): Senft, Gunter TITLE: The Tuma Underworld of LoveSUBTITLE: Erotic and other narrative songs of the Trobriand Islanders and their spirits of the deadSERIES: Culture and Language Use, 5YEAR: 2011PUBLISHER: John BenjaminsANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-671.html

AUTHOR(S): Tung, Tai TRANSLATOR(S): Hopkins, L. C.TITLE: The Six Scripts or the Principles of Chinese Writing by Tai TungSUBTITLE: A Translation by L. C. Hopkins, with a Memoir of the Translator by W. Perceval YettsYEAR: 2012PUBLISHER: Cambridge University PressANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-551.html